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Offerings
As people we learn through observation. I observed at a young age the importance of using food as a means of celebration, gatherings, and comfort. At a young age, I saw that roles were given to the family members: my grandmother and mother were accepting of their roles as providers of food and my …
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Offerings for Jahilia
These words represent the ideas invested in my paintings. They are progressive and fluctuating thoughts occurring at an interval in time. They are given honestly and freely, as ignorance and change are understood.
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Essays on initial public offerings
… includes three essays on initial public offerings (IPO). The first chapter investigates the impact of venture capital (VC) syndicate size and diversity on the IPO and post-IPO performances of investee companies. We provide evidence that firms backed by larger and more diverse VC …
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Timing of initial public offerings, seasoned equity offerings and takeover bids financed with equity: UK evidence
… motivation is to see whether the Initial Public Offerings, Seasoned equity offerings and Takeover activity financed with equity move together. Our second motivation is to see whether certain individual factors affect the timing of the three corporate activities. We focus our research effort on …
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Too (2): offerings of small environments
The work is divided into two parts, a verbal section and a visual section. The former is supportive, the latter is the main body of the work. Described, this thesis would be closer to a philosophy of design rather than a polemic or manifesto about design. Although it is concerned with the …
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Essays on new equity offerings in Canada
… The first three essays consider initial public offerings (IPOs) and the fourth essay examines seasoned equity offerings (SEOs). The short-run intraday behaviour of Toronto Stock Exchange (ME) IPOs are examined first. Initial trading volume and number of trades for underpriced (overpriced) issues …
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The valuation and pricing of initial public offerings
… Many people recognized that Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) tend to significantly increase in price on the first day of trading. As a result, there have been many academic studies to try to determine the rationale as to why IPOs are typically underpriced. Most of these academic studies have …
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Alternative valuation methods of biotechnology initial public offerings
Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1996.
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Two Essays on Shelf-registered Corporate Equity Offerings
… indicates that the way firms now use shelf offerings resolves the under-certification problem responsible for the shelf demise in the 1980s (Denis, 1991) and results in smaller market penalties and lower underwriter fees relative to non-shelf offerings. This allows firms with greater …
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The performance of initial public offerings on the JSE
… study examined the performance 60 initial public offerings listing on the JSE main board between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2011. Significant underpricing of 10.1% and 8.5% was found to exist on the first day and during first week subsequent to the IPO. Underperformance of 14.17% was found …
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Delft Campus Of Schools - A Network Of Educational Offerings
With a personal interest in youth, it became my primary point of departure, which acknowledges the fact that youth development within local income areas is hindered due to the lack and inadequate resources and spaces. The focus on youth is imperative to address social transformation and release …
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Kansas community college earth sciences : offerings and enrollments, 1968-1972
Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries
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Breast Cancer Patients' Perspectives on the Helpfulness of Supportive Offerings
… understanding of the helpfulness of supportive offerings from their perspectives. The results indicate supportive offerings that demonstrate caring and facilitate the management of feelings are helpful. Supportive offerings that alienate, are nonchalant or dismissive, provide unsolicited advice, …
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Underpricing on initial public offerings: further evidence from the JSE
This paper provides evidence of the existence of IPO underpricing on the JSE between 2000 and 2008. Average underpricing over the period was found to be 17.1 percent (median: 9.4 percent). In line with the general global decline in first day returns following the end of the internet bubble period, …
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Underpricing: Lessons from Bookbuilt Initial Public Offerings in Hong Kong
… data on a Hong Kong sample of bookbuilt offerings, subject to clawback restrictions. I find that these allocation restrictions significantly modify the nature of the bookbuilding mechanism, reducing the amount of information underwriters are able to extract from road show participants. …
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Total reward offerings that attract : an investigation conducted in SMEs
Orientation : The current global scarcity of highly skilled employees has forced employers to better understand what attracts these kinds of employees, as they are vital to ensure organisational competitiveness and for the continued success of organisations. In the so- called war for talent, small …
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Professional Development Offerings for Principals in the Commonwealth of Virginia
… the present baseline of professional development offerings in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The research questions that were explored are as follows: What professional development programs do school divisions provide for principals in the Commonwealth of Virginia? What topics are included in the …
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The Pricing And Performance Of Convertible Preferred Stock Offerings Following Issuance
… Using two samples of convertible preferred stock offerings (24 issues, 12,051 observations and 69 issues, 28,831 observations respectively), the study provides evidence of statistically and economically significant underpricing at issuance that ranges from 2.9% to 1.4% and persists from the first …
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Offerings for a ghost film: From fragmented work to cosmic assemblages
This thesis takes as its starting point an unfinished film. The short history of cinema has been dominated by notions of what constitutes a film and what does not. While the establishment of technical standards enabled cinema to become one of the most pervasive global art forms, this curtailed many …
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